due to the great british weather skaters don’t get to wear their wheels and skateparks are quite rare in britain. those who want to skate or bike in london’s world-class ramps and obstacles, visit the bay sixty six in west london’s ladbroke grove, previously called playstation. directly under the westway flyover lies great britain’s coolest skate park, complete with streetcourse, mini and medium ramps and a fat halfpipe. in the playstaion not only amateurs batter their boards, inlines and bmx. every couple of weeks there are showcases with skater legends such as tony hawk, chad muska, willy santos and hardcore inliner iwe brian shima and bmx-highflyer matt hoffmann. the skate park is opened daily from 11.00 until 22.00. sessions cost seven pounds and beginners can start from three pounds.

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